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Ida Albo is a
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businesswoman and the owner and managing partner of the
Fort Garry Hotel The Fort Garry Hotel—officially the Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre—is an early-20th-century hotel in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, that opened for the first time on December 11, 1913. Built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, it ...
in
Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...
,
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. Albo has served as co-president of the CentreVenture Development Corporation. She is on the
board of directors A board of directors is a governing body that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulatio ...
of the
University of Winnipeg The University of Winnipeg (UWinnipeg, UW, or U of W) is a public research university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It offers undergraduate programs in art, business, economics, education, science and applied health as well as graduate progra ...
Foundation, and was BA (Hons.), Class of '81. She is the vice chair of the board of directors at the Pan Am Clinic Foundation. In February 2012, Albo opened Yoga Public, a 20,000 square foot yoga facility, in Winnipeg. She is the chair of the Guardian Angel Benefit Committee for the Cancer Care Manitoba Foundation. She has also served as a board member of the Tourism Association of Winnipeg, the
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, the Health Sciences Centre Research Foundation, Citizens Against Impaired Driving, and the Pan Am Clinic Foundation. She was named a
Member of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada () is a Canadian state order, national order and the second-highest Award, honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the Canadian Centennial, ce ...
in 2015 for "unwavering commitment to the well-being of her community."


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